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Whippets
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Whippet History in Art
Below are a few historical works of art showing whippet type dogs, with people, for size reference. Perhaps the name, "Whippet" was not coined until the 1800's, but certainly, as these art works attest, whippets, as a breed type, were in existence at least as far back as the 1400's, and perhaps, as alluded to in the Ashkelon Tell article, even before the birth of Christ. Besides the fact that the type is so obviously the same as Whippets today, the critical thing to notice here is the height of these dogs. They are all about knee high, just like modern Whippets.
Desportes portrait, 1699, Louvre,
(knee-high whippet).
Johan Miller, 1512, (whippet sitting)
Book of Hours, late 15th Century, (running whippet, left panel.)
Albrect Durer, c. 1524, engraving,
(whippet type dog with coat, with children)
Whippet trade card, shown with terrier, England.
Notice the furry breeches on the Whippet.
Adoration of the Magi, Dutch Hispano Master, late 15th Century,
(2 whippets, one black on right; and one white, standing behind man, on left)
The Adoration of the Magi, c. 1445,
(whippet reclining in foreground).
Adoration of the Magi, Dutch Hispano Master, late 15th Century, section of larger painting,
(white whippet)
Article on Ashkelon Tell, Israel,
whippet type dog cemetery, c. 450 BC
Book of Falconrie, 1575, (two knee-high whippets on left.)
Conversion of St. Hubert, Book of Hours of Catherine of Cleaves,
(two smooth knee-high whippets,
and one rough coated terrier type dog with what may be rose ears).
Interior of Nieuwe Kerk, Delft, Emanuel de Witte, 1664,
(whippet held by a child, standing next to an adult).
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